Ekaterina Semenchuk
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Verdi: Aida
RecommendedAnja Harteros (Aida), Jonas Kaufmann (Radamès), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Amneris), Ludovic Tezier (Amonasro), Erwin Schrott (Ramfis), Marco Spotti (Il Re d'Egitto), Paolo Fanale (Un Messaggero), Eleonora Buratto (Sacerdotessa), Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Anja Harteros can boast both the high-octane tone and the necessary level of dramatic expression to make Aida credibly three dimensional…[Ekaterina Semenchuk makes] many subtle observations... —
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd October 2015
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2015, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Winner (Opera) and Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, October 2015, Record of the Week
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Building a Library, April 2017, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Opéra
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Music For A Royal Celebration
Music from the Service of Prayer and Dedication to Celebrate the Marriage of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Saturday 9th April 2005
Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Gordon Hunt (oboe), Roger Judd (organ)
Philharmonia Orchestra, The Choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor, Christopher Warren-Green, Timothy Byram-Wigfield
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Operatic Pappano
Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Anja Harteros (soprano), Erwin Schrott (bass), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Marco Spotti (bass), Ermonela Jaho (soprano), Gabriele Gemignani (cello), Nina Stemme (soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Leontina Vaduva (soprano), Samuel Ramey (bass),...
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Il maestro. Italian Music by Puccini, Rossini, Verdi...
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Anja Harteros (soprano), Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Gregory Bonfatti (tenor), Mattia Olivieri (baritone), Michele Pertusi (bass), Siyabonga Maqungo (tenor), Ermonela Jaho (soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Diana Damrau (soprano), Andrii...
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 & Brahms: Nänie
Mauro Peter (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass baritone), Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Rachel Harnisch (soprano)
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, James Gaffigan
Gaffigan is meticulous in his observance of the composer’s dynamic markings…The drama in the finale is vividly captured by Gaffigan. His tempo for the Symphony’s slow movement, too, is ideal,... —
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Giuseppe Sarti: Magnificat • Gloria in excelsis
Barbara Frittoli (vocalist), Ekaterina Semenchuk (vocalist), Dmitri Voropaev (vocalist), Yuri Yurobiev (vocalist), Mariinsky Chorus & Orchestra, Mattia Rondelli
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Anna Netrebko: Live at the Metropolitan Opera
Anna Netrebko (soprano), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Andrei), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Sonya), Mariusz Kwiecien (Malatesta), Simone Alaimo (Don Pasquale), Juan Diego Florez (Ernesto), Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Maddalena), Eric Halfvarson (Sparafucile), Roberto Alagna (Romeo), Ildar Abdrazakov (Raimondo), Michael...
There is an alert sense of drama, which is where Netrebko really scores as a singing actress...While her bel canto is judged 'could do better', it's worth considering that, at 40, Netrebko is... —
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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
Ekaterina Semenchuk (Carmen), Irina Lungu (Micaëla), Carlo Ventre (Don José), Carlos Álvarez (Escamillo), Francesca Micarelli (Frasquita), Cristina Melis (Mercédès), Federico Longhi (Le Dancaïre), Paolo Antognetti (Le Remendado), Seung Pil Choi (Zuniga)
Verona Arena, Henrik Nánási
This is picture-postcard opera … It’s traditional, it’s colourful. —
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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
Ekaterina Semenchuk (Carmen), Irina Lungu (Micaëla), Carlo Ventre (Don José), Carlos Álvarez (Escamillo), Francesca Micarelli (Frasquita), Cristina Melis (Mercédès), Federico Longhi (Le Dancaïre), Paolo Antognetti (Le Remendado), Seung Pil Choi (Zuniga)
Verona Arena, Henrik Nánási
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Special offer. Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko
Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov (Sadko), Aida Garifullina (Volkhova), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Lubava Buslaevna), Yuri Minenko (Nazhata), Stanislav Trofimov (Ocean-Sea, The Sea Tsar), Bolshoi Theatre, Timur Zangiev, Dmitri Tcherniakov (director)
Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov is a sturdy Sadko, scarcely ever off the stage...Rightly, the solo for the Varangian Merchant (Dmitry Ulianov) who will accompany Sadko on his voyages stops the show. But... —
